If the entire men's hockey season up to this point were condensed into one two-game weekend homestand, then surely we just witnessed it.
After a disappointing loss Saturday to Rensselaer, the No. 10 women's hockey team came right back yesterday afternoon with an impressive 5-0 win over Union.Currently No.
Both the men's and women's indoor track and field teams battled stiff competition Friday at the New Balance Gotham Cup, which featured 2,000 athletes and a field of nearly three dozen opponents, including national powerhouses Texas and Villanova, as well as archrival Harvard.Though the invitational's team results weren't calculated, the Tigers left New York City proud of their performances as a team.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. A cheesy little motto, to be sure, but a true one nonetheless, and the men's hockey team provided a perfect example of this Tuesday night.After the Tigers (8-8-2 overall, 5-6-1 ECAC Hockey) fell to Quinnipiac (10-6-4, 6-3-3), 2-0, on Jan.
After four minutes of dominant play, women's hockey could only watch helplessly from the bench as Quinnipiac's Antionette Maldonado toyed with the puck at center ice.
It's not every day that a baseball player from Princeton is involved in a trade for a soon-to-be Hall-of-Famer.
The wrestling team's trip to Durham, N.C., last week ended in disappointment as the team dropped matches to both Duke and Davidson.
Focus. It's important for all Princeton students at this time of year but even more so for winter athletes.
After this weekend, critics will no longer be able to dismiss the men's basketball team's hot start by citing weak competition.
Over winter break, the men's basketball team wasn't busy wrapping gifts; it was busy wrapping its opponents in a smothering defense.
The sequence played out exactly how the women's hockey team would have wanted it.With a little more than 14 minutes to play in their Dec.
Moments after returning to campus following Thanksgiving break, most students had already begun the countdown to winter break, the three-week long recess appreciated for sleeping in, eating out and weekend skiing retreats.
Going into the final race of Saturday's men's track and field dual meet against the Naval Academy, the Princeton still trailed by one point.
While most Princeton students used winter break to wind down, the women's basketball team used it to gear up for January's Ivy League games.
Searching for its fifth straight win for the first time since the 1947-48 season, the men's hockey team (7-8-2 overall, 4-6-1 ECAC Hockey) finished the break on a sour note by dropping its Saturday night game to Quinnipiac (9-5-4, 6-2-3). The loss put an end to Princeton's first four-game winning streak since 1998-99.
The true character of a team is not always determined by how it wins, but rather by how it reacts in the face of defeat.
Welcome-to-college-sports moment?Having to carry the extra equipment bag that weighs about 50 pounds to our first away games freshman year.Greatest highlight in sports?Scoring from center ice against currently ranked No.
